Member Benefits

Your membership in ANA and your state association makes a powerful statement about you. It shows employers, colleagues and patients your commitment to nursing. Membership identifies you as a nurse who is serious about the profession as well as purposeful about staying informed, educated and involved.

When you become an ANA and State member, you join with nurses across the country, and in your state, speaking with one strong voice on behalf of your profession and your patients.

Enjoy savings on ANA books through Nursesbooks.org publishes books on ANA core issues and programs, as well as on cutting-edge healthcare topics, such as ethics, Standards of Practice, leadership, quality, specialty practice, advanced practice, the profession's enduring legacy, and more.

Programs are designed for nurses with varied levels of experience (Emerging, Developing and Advanced) and across a spectrum of organizational settings (e.g., clinical, academic, and nonprofit/business)

All Leadership Institute programs are available to ANA members at a significant discount

Discover outstanding professional opportunities through the ANA's Career Center where you will find the latest job openings and connect with employers looking for talented and accomplished RNs

Protect Yourself with Professional Liability Insurance

ANA members save on Professional Liability Insurance offered by Mercer Consumer. Every nurse today should carry their own professional nursing liability – even if they are covered by their employer.

Network and Connect with Your Fellow ANA Member Nurses

ANA offers you numerous opportunities to network and connect with colleagues. Through local and national meetings, committees and social media you can share ideas and information with fellow ANA members

As an ANA & State member, you are a full voting member in the American Nurses Association and your state nurses association

ANA is truly a nurses' organization. Founded by and led entirely by nurses—practicing nursing professionals

Federal lobbying on issues important to nursing and health care - issues such as safe staffing, nursing workforce development, scope of practice and access to care

Representing nursing where it matters, including the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and many others, right up to the White House

Speaking for nursing through the media including stories in the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, 60 Minutes , NBC Nightly News, CNN, and NPR to name a few

Speaking for U.S nurses as the only U.S.A member of the International Council of Nurses and attending meetings of the World Health Organization.

Your State Nurses Association monitors and responds to issues at the State Level

Protecting and safeguarding your Nursing Practice Act – one of the most important roles of our State Nurses Associations

Advocating at the state level

Influence Decisions by participating in your ANA and State advocacy efforts

Join one of the many committees and boards at the national, state and local level that are shaping the direction of the association and the profession.

Participate in member surveys that let you influence the association's agenda.

Take part in grass roots advocacy efforts that let our elected officials hear your commitment on issues important to nursing.

ANA-PAC builds support for pro-nursing Members of Congress from all political parties. By helping candidates who support

ANA's legislative and regulatory agenda, ANA-PAC demonstrates to policymakers that nurses are actively involved in the issues that impact our profession and patients.

ANA's Nurses Strategic Action Team (N-STAT) makes it easy for you to unite with your colleagues across the nation and let lawmakers know how you feel. It keeps you up to speed on key bills as they move through Congress and lets you know when your e-mails, phone calls and letters will make the most impact.

Personal Benefits

As a nurse and ANA member, you are committed to providing superior care to your patients. But who is taking care of you while you take care of others? Through ANA's Personal Benefits, ANA offers five important programs that every nurse needs. ANA has carefully screened these partners to find those dedicated to providing ANA member nurses with great value, and convenient sign up.

The five partners are:

Professional Liability Insurance offered by Mercer

Auto Insurance offered by Nationwide

Long Term Care insurance offered by Anchor Health Administrators

Term Life Insurance offered by Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company

Financial Planning Offered by Edelman Financial Services

State Nurses Association Member Benefits

Benefits and opportunities available through state nurses associations vary by locality. Benefits generally include:

State association newsletter

Representation in the state house on critical issues

Local networking opportunities

Education and career development

Career center and job networking

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